WASHINGTON —
The Joint Staff is looking at a new program to prepare future joint enlisted leaders to better navigate the intricacies of a technologically and politically complex world, the Joint Staff’s Chief of Joint Enlisted Leader Development said.

WASHINGTON —
Great power competition is back, and its emphasis in the National Security Strategy and the National Defense Strategy is a recognition of something “we should have recognized 10 years ago,” the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said.

WASHINGTON —
As the fight continues on Capitol Hill over the government budget, Defense Department officials are getting ready to submit the president’s defense budget request for fiscal year 2019, the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said.

ARLINGTON, Va. —
The USO of Metropolitan Washington-Baltimore and Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, honored military senior enlisted advisors and presented actor Gary Sinise with the Legacy of Hope Award during a gala held in Arlington, Va.

BAGHDAD —
Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford’s visit to Iraq seeks to build on the recent visit by Defense Secretary Ash Carter, to increase the momentum in the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.

WASHINGTON —
The military owes national leaders better clarity in the military dimension of U.S. power, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told a Center for Strategic and International Studies forum.

WASHINGTON —
Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr. discussed his short-term priority – defeating the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – and provided insight into his long-term goals during a talk at the Center for a New American Security.